U.S. HISTORY STAAR PRACTICE 2

Which statement describes how the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased sectionalism?

• It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.

• It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories.

• It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom.

• It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

Which event was one cause of the U.S.-Mexican War?

• The United States banned slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.

• The U.S. Congress debated statehood for New Mexico.

• U.S. and Mexican soldiers fought over disputed territory north of the Rio Grande.

• The United States acquired the Mexican Cession.

This map shows a trade system that emerged in the 1500s and reached its height in the 1700s.

Which factor was a reason for the trade system illustrated on this map?

• Labor demands of the factory system

• Invention of the steamboat

• Labor demands of the plantation system

• Invention of the mechanical loom

Which statement describes one result of the War of 1812?

• Great Britain lost control of Canada.

• The United States gained control of the Oregon Territory.

• The United States stopped trading with Britain and France.

• Great Britain stopped the practice of impressment.

Why did President Andrew Jackson oppose the Second Bank of the United States?

• He believed it was inefficient and poorly managed.

• He thought it was unconstitutional and favored the wealthy.

• He considered it an obstacle to industrial progress and expansion.

• He believed it favored the rights of states over the federal government.

Which geographic feature allowed the Mid-Atlantic colonies to have a longer growing season than the New England colonies?

• Thick forests

• Navigable rivers

• Flat land with rocky soil

• Mild climate

Which issue was debated in Gibbons v. Ogden?

• The status of slaves living in free territories

• The regulation of interstate commerce by federal or state laws

• The constitutionality of tariffs

• The separation of powers among the branches of government

Which president established these traditions for the executive branch?

• JOHN ADAMS

• THOMAS JEFFERSON

• JAMES MADISON

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

Which group helped establish the colony of Maryland in the 1630s?

• English Catholics seeking religious freedom

• Spanish workers seeking job opportunities

• Irish families escaping a natural disaster

• Russian merchants escaping political conflict

In which court case was the U.S. principle of judicial review established?

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Marbury v. Madison

• Dred Scott v. Sandford